Job 30:27

25 Have I not wept for those in trouble? Has my soul not grieved for the needy?

26 But when I hoped for good, evil came; when I looked for light, darkness fell.

I am churning within and cannot rest; days of affliction confront me.

28 I go about blackened, but not by the sun. I stand up in the assembly and cry for help.

29 I have become a brother of jackals, a companion of ostriches.

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB
I am churning within and cannot rest; days of affliction confront me.
KJV
My bowels boiled, and rested not: the days of affliction prevented me.
WEB
My heart is troubled, and doesn’t rest. Days of affliction have come on me.
ASV
My heart is troubled, and resteth not; Days of affliction are come upon me.
DARBY
My bowels well up, and rest not; days of affliction have confronted me.
BLB
My bowels have boiled and they do not rest; days of affliction confront me.
ÅB
Mine innvoller koker og er ikke stille; trengsels dager er kommet over meg.
OTB
Mine indre organer er i opprør og er aldri stille;
lidelsens dager møter meg.
B1930
Mine innvoller koker og er ikke stille; trengsels dager er kommet over mig.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Lamentations 2:11

    My eyes fail from weeping; I am churning within. My heart is poured out in grief over the destruction of the daughter of my people, because children and infants faint in the streets of the city.

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  • Jeremiah 31:20

    Is not Ephraim a precious son to Me, a delightful child? Though I often speak against him, I still remember him. Therefore My heart yearns for him; I have great compassion for him,” declares the LORD.

    Read in context
  • Lamentations 1:20

    See, O LORD, how distressed I am! I am churning within; my heart is pounding within me, for I have been most rebellious. Outside, the sword bereaves; inside, there is death.

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  • Psalms 22:4

    In You our fathers trusted; they trusted and You delivered them.

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  • Jeremiah 4:19

    My anguish, my anguish! I writhe in pain! Oh, the pain in my chest! My heart pounds within me; I cannot be silent. For I have heard the sound of the horn, the alarm of battle.

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